DMK MPs to meet 12 State CMs to gain support against NEET

Chief Minister MK Stalin on Monday advised a DMK Parliamentary delegation to visit 12 state CMs and muster support of the state governments for the stand of Tamil Nadu on the NEET issue.

Earlier, he wrote to his counterparts in 12 states, mostly non-BJP ruled states, to join him in “restoring the primacy of the state governments in administering the education sector, as envisaged in the Constitution.”

Enclosing a copy of Justice AK Rajan committee report on impact of NEET and the recently passed Tamil Nadu Admission to UG Medical Degree Courses Act 2021 that does away with NEET in Tamil Nadu, Stalin in his letter to 12 state chief ministers said, “We need to put up a united effort to restore the primacy of the state governments in administering the education sector as envisaged in the Constitution.”

Stalin has written to non-BJP Chief Ministers of Andhra, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Jharkhand, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Telangana and West Bengal besides Goa (BJP) which is ruled by the BJP.